Great Sea City, a certain core area.
Inside Lin Baizhi's villa.
The bedroom was pitch black, the lights in the room were not turned on, but one could vaguely make out a patch of "light" and the huge "human shadow" it projected onto the wall.
For some inexplicable reason, one could sense an extremely deep resentment from the shadow on the wall, so intense it was almost palpable.
Lin Baizhi, who would normally have been resting long ago at this hour, now had bloodshot, crimson eyes as she stared at the phone in front of her.
A video was playing on the phone. It was the surveillance footage from the hotel's front desk. The Lin Group held shares in the hotel, even if only a small portion; they were still a shareholder and could review the account books and the hotel's surveillance.
The personnel in charge of logistics and communications information at the Lin Group quickly obtained the front desk surveillance as requested by their CEO.
Based on the specific check-in time transmitted from the hotel front desk, Lin Baizhi quickly pinpointed the exact time segment, and then... she saw the scene below.
The eldest daughter of the Tang family, who had run away from home years ago, was holding her dear brother, clamoring to get a room.
At a visible speed, Lin Baizhi's temperature rose (she was fuming)!
Lin Baizhi was naturally weaker and less strong than ordinary people. But now... the slender, pale jade-like hand gripping the phone was turning red, as if she wanted to crush the device.
She had miscalculated.
She had considered Shen Qinghan, after all, Ye Cheng was currently closest to Shen Qinghan. Much of the information she had obtained showed Ye Cheng acting as Shen Qinghan's lackey, and there were even hints he might become the future young mistress of the Shen family.
After all, Shen Qinghan's profile was somewhat transparent in a sense—a precious daughter, the only offspring of the two behemoths, the Du and Shen families, watched by countless eyes.
No matter how well-protected the information was, it was practically no different from being transparent; every single move would be infinitely magnified.
Not to mention the young lady's flawed personality—reclusive, friendless—was already an open secret, hardly requiring any investigation.
For so many years, she hadn't found anyone she could get along with, yet not long after the semester started, Ye Cheng had successfully made the young lady "territorial," and even brought her directly home. The signal this sent couldn't be clearer.
When Ye Cheng said during the freshman ceremony that he wanted to be Dongfang Zhixia's dog, Lin Baizhi hadn't been this anxious, because she knew that given her brother's personality, it was probably more for fun.
In Lin Baizhi's view, even if Ye Cheng had someone he liked, it could only be her!
She had a unique advantage. She had known Ye Cheng since childhood, and the time they spent together far exceeded the combined time Dongfang Zhixia and Shen Qinghan had with him. What could those two possibly compete with?
She just needed to "reveal her identity" and she could immediately take Ye Cheng away, then proceed with an exciting, happy, shameless...
Ahem.
Anyway, it would be extremely joyful.
Well, the above was all Lin Baizhi's fantasy time, likely a result of brain hypoxia from something while sleeping at night. If it were really as simple as Lin Baizhi planned, she would have gone for it directly during their first meeting after all these years.
She would have gone up and said, "Brother, it's Baizhi, I've missed you so much, wuwu..." and then begun the heartwarming reunion scene.
Do you think Lin Baizhi didn't want to?
She did!
Very much so!
I so want to be the emperor... oh, no, I so miss my brother!
She missed him so much that even in her dreams at night she was... in short, she missed him terribly.
But if Lin Baizhi really did that, she'd have to be out of her mind. That kind of reunion scene that only appears in novels should stay out of reality. If it were that simple, Lin Baizhi wouldn't have had to pick her timing late at night, walking until her legs were nearly lame, just to finally have a "chance encounter" with Ye Cheng.
It wasn't that simple.
The time they knew each other and the time they were apart were almost split down the middle. Lin Baizhi was taken away due to illness before finishing middle school, and that separation lasted six or seven years. Calculated, the time they were apart was even a bit longer than the time they spent together.
Separation was torture for Lin Baizhi, but it was also an opportunity to temper herself. Now her wings had grown strong; it was time for the "Dragon King's return." Then she would just smirk, shocking everyone, take Ye Cheng away, and go home for a shameless...
This was merely a hallucination from brain hypoxia after turning off the lights at night...
Wuwu... It's not that simple at all, wuwu... If it were a normal person, that Dragon King smirk move might actually work, since you could get a free meal ticket, and aside from being a bit physically weak, Lin Baizhi was practically perfect.
For people with particular tastes, a "Lin Daiyu"-style sister like Lin Baizhi was almost irresistible. Think of Brother Baoyu, how he was conditioned by Sister Daiyu, always talking about Sister Daiyu this, Sister Daiyu that...
Lin Baizhi was also quite skilled at playing with people's hearts. Moreover, she wasn't some delicate young lady who only knew how to cry. If she really started "conditioning" someone, who knows how many people would line up to be her dog!
It's just a pity... Lin Baizhi only wanted to condition one person. She wanted it so badly, willing to pay any price. If there really was a demon Satan in this world who claimed to grant any wish in exchange for one's soul, Lin Baizhi would sign without hesitation. She wanted to obtain Ye Cheng, she wanted daily shamelessness, she wanted to fiercely...
This was merely a hallucination from brain hypoxia after turning off the lights at night...
All these fantasies were built on the premise that Ye Cheng was a "normal person." So here's the question: if Ye Cheng were really a normal person, he would have been ordinary since childhood.
If that were the case, how could the proud Lin Baizhi, even as a child, have developed special feelings for Ye Cheng?
Because she was abandoned from a young age, coupled with her intelligence, Lin Baizhi matured early, adopting a pessimistic "seen-it-all, resigned-to-fate" attitude every day, until she met the young Ye Cheng.
Lin Baizhi discovered that the world could still be beautiful. The consequence of early maturity was... she very early on regarded Ye Cheng as her private property.
Lin Baizhi was "teasingly manipulative" even as a child. When she saw little girls in the orphanage showing signs of liking Ye Cheng or getting too close, she would act "not very clever," then go to Ye Cheng to act spoiled, and then... inadvertently glare at those ungrateful "females"!
How dare you touch what's mine!!!
As a result, Lin Baizhi's impression on Ye Cheng was only that she was a bit clever at the very beginning, later turning into a "non-competitive, non-grasping" "little fool" who couldn't even get enough to eat compared to others.
In reality... heh, Lin Baizhi had a naturally strong and competitive personality. The reason she acted like a "little fool" was only to get "imported" food from Ye Cheng.
As long as she ate little and looked like she wasn't getting enough, Ye Cheng would give her his own food. When that happened, she could...
Heh, in Lin Baizhi's eyes, those little girls at the orphanage were just some dim-witted brats. She was miles ahead. When the opportunity was right, she would just make her move on her brother!
But in the end... Lin Baizhi was the one who got taken away first, gone for so many years without catching a single glimpse of Ye Cheng. It wasn't just simple longing or repression anymore; seeing Ye Cheng now made her legs go weak.
A normal reunion would be too bland, and it might even ruin her position in his heart. So... she needed to employ a little "scheming."
To create a more beautiful reunion process, take it slow, step by step, get closer bit by bit, and then... devour him!!!
He was hers, could only be hers. Brother could only be hers!!!
Lin Baizhi fell into a strange "obsession," completely unaware that her current state was somewhat pathological, seeming like the type who would destroy what she couldn't have... Relax, that kind of thing won't happen. At most, it'd just be slipping him some drugs, heh...
Whether it was the young lady or the student council president, Lin Baizhi was watching their progress with Ye Cheng. Though it tormented her inside, she endured it.
Constantly telling herself in her heart, don't look at the process, don't look at the process, only look at the result...
As long as she acted swiftly, accurately, and ruthlessly, the Shen Family's young mistress who didn't know how to express herself and just put on a cold face, the arrogantly aloof young lady of the Dongfang Family... would definitely be defeated by her!!!
Nothing to fear!
Ideals are plump, but reality is bony... Lin Baizhi turned around only to find her home base had been stolen!
She never expected it, never even considered as a rival, that Young Lady Tang would pop up out of nowhere, and by the looks of it, she seemed very familiar with Ye Cheng.
Heh, of course they're familiar, they've even gone to get a room together...
Lin Baizhi's resentment +1+1+1...
Lin Baizhi's eyes were bloodshot, filled with red veins, staring motionlessly at the phone in front of her. She had finally finished watching. Suddenly, she felt a bit like she didn't want to live anymore. This is the second floor, right? Jumping into the water, she wondered if she would die. If she died, she probably wouldn't see her brother anymore. Forget it, better not die.
Lin Baizhi quickly finished giving herself a psychological pep talk, ready to regroup!!!
She found Ye Cheng's WeChat... Tap tap tap, the crisp sound of typing came through. She typed countless times, deleted countless times, and finally chose the classic clown opening move.
Lin Baizhi: "Classmate, are you asleep?"
Ye Cheng: "Yes."
Lin Baizhi: "???"
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
o a martial world and obtained a system that allowed him to draw one entry per year. Unfortunately, all he drew were useless white-tier entries. The probability for high-quality entries was extremely low, with the highest-tier mythic entry having a mere 0.001% chance! To increase the probability, he had to improve his martial realm, but he lacked the innate talent for cultivation. At the age of eighteen, Chen Yi fell into the hands of a gang and was forced into hard labor. Just as his life seemed destined for a bleak end, on his 18th entry draw, he actually pulled a mythic entry—Simulator! In the simulation, he could also draw one entry every year that passed, and upon ending the simulation, he would inherit all entries and his martial realm! In his first simulation, Chen Yi struggled desperately just to survive, knowing that living one more year meant one more entry draw! Finally, with hair turned white, he drew the entry he had longed for—Low-Grade Innate Talent! "Hahaha! Don't bully the old and poor! Time to cultivate and inherit my cultivation base!" ... From then on, Chen Yi continuously simulated and drew entries, his martial realm soaring higher and higher! Epic, legendary, and even mythic entries were gathered into his collection one after another! "What demon race or devil race? What dark turmoil? I don't know anything about that. They just charged at me screaming 'How can you possibly ascend to immortality?!' and got stuck to my fists, unable to be shaken off. Blind spots, speed bumps... go talk to my simulator. We're all struggling to survive out here. I'm trying so hard, so how are they still alive?"
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!
